John Henry Myer

John Henry Myer (8 November 1826-5 December 1909) was a German immigrant to Virginia who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and on the Fredericksburg Common Council after the war.

Biography
John Henry Myer was born in Germany on 8 November 1826, and he emigrated to the United States amid the Revolutions of 1848, settling in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1846. He worked as a saddler before becoming a baker and confectioner in 1852, becoming a highly successful entrepreneur. During the American Civil War, he and his family were forced to flee their home due to the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, and they moved to a new farm near Spotsylvania Court House. In the spring of 1864, Myer was conscripted into the Confederate States Army, serving in the 40th Virginia Infantry. He fought at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House before being captured a week later along the North Anna River; in December, he took the Oath of Allegiance to the USA and was allowed to return home. He went on to serve on the Fredericksburg Common Council, and he died 1909 at the age of 83.